Activists from Colorado’s “keep it in the ground” movement – a group opposing all production of all natural resources – are suggesting that “stay at home” orders provide the perfect opportunity to “imagine our world” after the coronavirus pandemic ends.…
I'm not sure what all of this is supposed to mean. That leftists and litterbugs go together? That so-called environmentalists are actually hypocrites willing to destroy the environment in order to make a point? That we live in such a…
After lecturing Trump on the abuse of executive power, President Obama exercised his executive power to set aside over 1.5 million acres as the Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah and Gold Butte National Monument near Las Vegas. These…
Overall, 4.8 million acres would be closed off to mining in the Eastern Interior under the new plans, while 1.7 million would be potentially open to it. However, crucially, the proposed mining restrictions would have to be approved by the secretary…
"I would have to say 99 percent of the protesters are from out of state. Most of them are white." This North Dakota farmer, whose property is adjacent to that where Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrators have been camped out for…
The Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrations have been going on for nearly 3 months, with the protests conducted primarily on private property and lead by activists from extreme organizations. Unlike the ranchers who participated in peaceful protests on public property at the Malheur Refuge, and…
On Indian lands, companies must go through at least four federal agencies and 49 steps to acquire a permit for energy development, compared to as few as four steps off reservations. The effect of this complicated bureaucracy is to raise…
Feds to restrict grazing, other activities on public lands to save sage grouse in the West by Dan Elliot as published by L.A. Times “These plans, written as if the sage grouse were listed, are proof it was an underhanded,…